Strong H4762H4762Gמָרֵשָׁה

Mareshah

Transliteration: mar'êshâh marêshâh
Pronunciation: {mar-ay-shaw'} mar-ay-shaw'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Mareshah, a town in the Shephelah of Judah (Joshua 15:44), fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:8) and the site of Asa's victory over Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chronicles 14:9-10).

Meaning of the name

Mareshah = "crest of a hill"

General definition

Formed like H4761; summit;
{Mareshah} the name of two Israelites and of a place in Palestine: - Mareshah.

In the biblical story

Mareshah

A town in Judah; fortified by Rehoboam

Mareshah, a town in the Shephelah of Judah (Joshua 15:44), fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:8) and the site of Asa's victory over Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chronicles 14:9-10).

In the Bible

Strong H4762G appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

mareshah5

First verses

Joshua 15:44
And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
2 Chronicles 11:8
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
2 Chronicles 14:10
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
2 Chronicles 20:37
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
Micah 1:15
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.